New types of mosquito bed nets could cut malaria risk by up to half, trial finds

Tony-Jason, eight months, and his mother, Melissa, at home in Cameroon. The family sleeps under new dual insecticide-treated mosquito nets. Photograph: Vincent Becker/The Global Fund

Two new types of mosquito bed nets have been found to reduce cases of malaria by up to a half, raising hopes of combating the disease, which is becoming increasingly resistant to treatments and prevention efforts.

Nets treated with two types of insecticide rather than one were trialled in 17 African countries where malaria is endemic between 2019 and 2022.